5315 Chenervert Street designed by Dreamscape Modern (Photo by John Strader)

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5146 Braesheather Drive designed by Pena-Miguelez (Photo by Mariana Miguelez)

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6003 Floyd Street designed by Scott Ballard

Dominique and Jean de Menil were ahead of their time, building one of the country’s most celebrated modern homes in Houston in 1949. I can’t help but wonder what the de Menils would think of today’s modern architecture — no doubt they’d be intrigued with the scope and breadth of the designs found in the Bayou City alone.

You’ll have a chance to see eight of the city’s sleekest residences this Saturday, September 24, 11 am to 5 pm at the 2016 Houston Modern Home Tour.

A part of the Modern Architecture + Design Society (MA+DS), the self-guided tour features eight homes by notable Houston architects and interior designers, in neighborhoods such as Memorial, Museum Park, Montrose and Bellaire.

Highlights from the tour include a high-tech, energy-efficient and sustainable house in Memorial; a Museum Park house designed around three stacked layers of public and private spaces; a four-story townhouse in Montrose with a rooftop terrace; an indoor-outdoor living house in Bellaire, designed around the homeowners’ vintage furniture collection; a house in Memorial Park that pays homage to great Mexican architects Ricardo Legerreta and Luis Barrigan; a home in a modern community development, first of its kind to use a stainless steel and aluminum LED light screen to illuminate facades; and a two-story Bellaire abode that features a geometrical wrap-around staircase with glass handrail. The tour benefits the Lawndale Arts Center.